WELCOME Summer 2022: musicians from Kenya, Syria, Spain, Greece, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, The Netherlands, Hungry, Austria, France, England and Australia come to join Scottish players at East Neuk Festival for a truly international celebration of music and life. Two of the world’s great quartets bring friends to play: Elias Quartet expands to offer a Schubert Octet, while Pavel Haas Quartet expands to offer quintets by Dvořák and Brahms. PHQ also slim down to a trio for more Dvořák and we have a trio of trios led by Rihab Azar, Rapasa Otieno and Shirley Smart exploring jazz and musical traditions from Syria and the Nile valley. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven Anstruther Town Hall swings to the sounds of Hollywood thanks to Julian Bliss Septet, and then feels the blazing intensity of Flamenco by the Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company. ENF Retreat ventures into Jazz this year as Nishla Smith uses her residency to create her new work, Aether. Pianist and TV presenter Neil Brand, one of the world’s finest musicians working with silent movies, presents and accompanies a double bill of hilarious Buster Keaton comedies, and leads massed Fife musicians in THUNDERPLUMP - a spectacular new film and music celebration of… the Scottish weather! 2022 is an exceptional year for pianists: Elisabeth Leonskaja returns with her beloved Schubert and the magnificent experience that is Beethoven’s last 3 sonatas. Boris Giltburg makes his festival debut, the duo of Samson Tsoy and Pavel Kolesnikov bring us our first ever Rite of Spring in Stravinsky’s 4-hand version and Christian Zacharias closes the festival with one of his final performances as a solo pianist. Finally, we are so excited to welcome the amazing Gandini Juggling to East Neuk to create a one-off performance for The Bowhouse combining stunning music from Sean Shibe and Benjamin Baker with Gandini’s beautiful and virtuosic choreography. There is more to come which will be announced closer to the festival as our Band in a Van pops up around the Neuk and we see the Labyrinth grow again at Kellie Castle. You will notice that we have slimmed down our printed brochure (one of many ways we are trying to reduce the environmental impact of the festival) but you will find lots more information on everything to do with ENF2022 at www.eastneukfestival.com.
FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS ON THE WEBSITE: www.eastneukfestival.com
ENF TICKETS
VENUE INFORMATION
We have a new box office!
Kilrenny
Crail Parish
Main Street, KY10 3JL
Marketgate, KY10 3TL
Tickets are available from 180 Box Office by phone / online only. Due to ongoing Covid concerns, there will be no over counter sales until further notice. Customers booking online will need to create a new account.
Online booking: eastneukfestival.online.red61.co.uk
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Telephone booking: +44 (0)131 226 0019 10am-6pm MON-FRI (every day during festival) Payment: credit / debit card (no cash / cheque) Booking Fee: £1 per ticket up to a max of £5 per transaction. NB booking fees are incurred by the box office provider and are non-refundable. Tickets can be posted, if booked 2 weeks in advance, for £1.50. Or collect at the venue 30 mins before for free. Booking during the festival: Online until 10am on the day of the event. On the door from 30 mins before. Payment at venues is cash only. You may reserve tickets for events later in the day at a venue box office. Facilities: Venue facilities vary; see info on our website www.eastneukfestival.com/venues and contact us if you have specific concerns not covered. Doors open 30 mins before performance, unless specified. Venues do not have sheltered waiting areas. Children under 7 are not admitted unless specified. Under-18s must be accompanied by an adult. Latecomers are not guaranteed admission, in whole or in part. If admitted, it may not be possible to take the seat you booked – standing may be the only option. Refunds: We cannot offer refunds unless an event is cancelled. We accept returns only in exceptional circumstances and cannot guarantee to resell tickets. Programme is correct at time of going to press but we reserve the right to make unforeseen changes. In such circumstances we will make every reasonable effort to inform bookers promptly.
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General box office enquiries: tickets@eastneukfestival.com Contact the ENF Office: Weirgate House, Weirgate Brae, St Boswells, TD6 0BD ian@eastneukfestival.com +44 (0)33 022 11 093
Side aisles: partial view but acoustic excellent
St Ayle Anstruther
St Ayle Cellardyke
Burial Brae, KY10 3HF
Toll Road, KY10 3BL
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Bowhouse Farm
KY10 2DB (off A917, Elie side of St Monans)
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These venues have unreserved seating: Crail Church Hall
Marketgate, KY10 3TL
Venue capacities are calculated in line with official guidance. Should restrictions be introduced due to Covid (or anything else), we may be obliged to reduce audience numbers. In this case we will begin with the most recent bookers,who will have their tickets (for affected event only) cancelled and fully refunded. Our no-refund/ no-resell policy above will continue to apply to any part of any booking unaffected by such unforeseen changes. All ENF events will be managed in line with current official guidance and regulations as of the date of the event, which may include wearing masks social distancing. Updates will be on the website.
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Anstruther Town Hall School Green, KY10 3DF
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Detailed plans can be found on booking website
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WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE
THURSDAY 30 JUNE
FRIDAY 1 JULY
ELIAS QUARTET
MAGNARD ENSEMBLE
DVORÁK TRIOS
6pm, Kilrenny Church. £25/£17*, 65 mins
11.30am, St Ayle, Cellardyke. £20/£15*, 65 mins
11.30am, Crail Church. £20/£15*, 70 mins
MACMILLAN Memento HAYDN Quartet in G, Op 33 No 5 BEAMISH Reed Stanzas Scottish tunes (arr. Donald Grant)
Trio No 2 in Gm, Op 26 Trio No 4 in Em, Op 90 (‘Dumky’)
THUNDERPLUMP
DEBUSSY Syrinx ARNOLD Divertimento for Wind Trio MACMILLAN Untold ARNOLD Fantasy for solo horn NIELSEN Wind Quintet Op 43
8pm, Bowhouse. £10*, 50 mins
MEET NEIL BRAND
2pm, Crail Ch Hall. £5 (7-17s FREE) 45 mins
2pm, Crail Church Hall £5 (7-17s FREE) 45 mins
Distinguished critic David Nice reflects on the Russian Pianistic Tradition.
One of the most acclaimed pianists for silent movies, Neil will talk about the classic films he loves and how to make music that measures up to giants of comedy like Keaton and Chaplin.
SCHUBERT TRIOS 2
The Wallace Collection Tullis Russell Works Band Fife Youth Jazz Neil Brand A joyous and spectacular celebration of the Scottish weather in film and music, bringing together over 100 Fife musicians, young and old, led by star silent movie pianist, Neil Brand, who gets the evening off to a hilarious start with a screening of Buster Keaton’s slapstick classic, The Boat.
*£5 tickets for those aged 7-17
SCHUBERT TRIOS 1 4pm, Crail Church. £25/£17*, 70 mins Trio No 1 in B-flat D898 Fantasia in Fm D940 Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Liza Ferschtman violin Ivan Karizna cello Samson Tsoy & Pavel Kolesnikov piano duo
BUSTER KEATON DOUBLE BILL 6pm, Anstruther Town Hall. £15*, 65 mins Neil Brand piano A classic Buster Keaton movie is an invitation to let your jaw drop at the amazing gags he pulled off (with no assistance from CGI). Neil Brand adds his own musical magic to two priceless comedies: The Cook and One Week.
Veronika Jarůšková violin / Peter Jarůšek cello Boris Giltburg piano
THE GREAT RUSSIAN PIANISTS
4pm, Crail Church. £25/£17*, 70 mins Allegro in Am, D947 Trio No 2 in E-flat D929 Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Liza Ferschtman violin / Ivan Karizna cello Samson Tsoy & Pavel Kolesnikov piano duo
LIGHT THE LIGHTS 6pm, Bowhouse. £17*, 60 mins Benjamin Baker violin / Sean Shibe guitars Gandini Juggling A visual and musical spectacle! Music by Bach, Steve Reich and more.
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD 8pm, Anstruther Town Hall. £17*, 105 mins inc. interval Julian Bliss Septet offer virtuoso jazz, irrepressible energy and humour.
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET
SCHUBERT OCTET
8pm, Kilrenny Church. £25/£17*, 65 mins
8pm, Bowhouse. £25 / £17*, 65 mins
SUK Meditation on the Old Czech Hymn ‘St Wenceslas’, Op 35a KORNGOLD Quartet No 3 in D, Op 34 JANÁČEK Quartet No 2, ‘Intimate Letters’
SCHUBERT Octet in F major D803 Elias Quartet Michael Collins clarinet / Robin O’Neill bassoon Alec Frank-Gemmill horn
SAT 2 JULY
SUNDAY 3 JULY
KOLESNIKOV & TSOY
RIHAB AZAR & LUKE DANIELS
RIHAB AZAR TRIO
11.30am, Crail Church £20/£15*, 65 mins
6pm, St Ayle, Anstruther £15*, 60 mins
12pm, St Ayle, Anstruther £15*, 60 mins
POULENC Sonata for 4 hands BEETHOVEN 3 Marches Op 45 KURTÁG Játékok (selection) STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Rihab Azar has played oud from the age of 7, learning from some of the great masters of the Syrian tradition. Since relocating to the UK she has found new directions and collaborators – here she hooks up with the wonderful singer-songwriter Luke Daniels for an hour of fusions and traditions.
Pear-shaped, beautiful, haunting and delicate, the oud is central to many Middle Eastern traditions. Spend an hour with this lovely instrument in the hands of a wonderful player.
NISHLA SMITH QUARTET 1pm, Anstruther Town Hall £15*, 60 mins JazzFM tweeted that she “defies being categorised: her live sets include a breathtaking variety of material, from celebrated originals to dark jazz standards and devastating ballads”. For us, she has created a brand new set of songs called Aether.
RAPASA OTIENO & FRANKIE ARCHER 2.30pm, St Ayle, Anstruther. £15*, 60 mins Rapasa Otieno combines original melodies inspired by traditional East African music. Singing and playing the Nyatiti, an eightstringed lyre, he is joined by a rising star from the North East of England, Frankie Archer, on fiddle and voice.
LEONSKAJA PLAYS BEETHOVEN 4pm, Crail Church. £25/£17*, 75 mins BEETHOVEN The last three sonatas Op 109, 110 & 111
SHIRLEY SMART TRIO 4pm, Anstruther Town Hall £15*, 60 mins Shirley Smart is a true musical adventurer whose influences include straight up classic jazz alongside traditions from North Africa, Turkey and the Middle East. Hers is a thrilling, endlessly varied fusion.
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET & BORIS GILTBURG 7.30pm, Crail Church £25/£17*, 105 mins inc. interval BRAHMS Piano Quintet in Fm, Op 34 DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A, Op 81 Pavel Haas Quartet Boris Giltburg piano
DANIEL MARTINEZ FLAMENCO COMPANY 8pm, Anstruther Town Hall £15*, 60 mins Daniel Martinez, a native of Cordoba, relocated to Scotland where he founded his company and created his first award winning shows. For us he and the company offer an hour of thrilling, astonishing, intense music and dance.
SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 2pm, Bowhouse £25/£17*,100 mins inc. interval HAYDN Symphony No 82 in C, ‘The Bear’ MOZART Arias, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Traurigkeit / Martern aller Artern BEETHOVEN Symphony No 8 Anna Dennis soprano Peter Whelan conductor Scottish Chamber Orchestra
CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS CARTE BLANCHE 5pm, Crail Church £25 / £17*, 100 mins inc. interval TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons (selection) SCHUBERT Sonata in G, D894 Christian Zacharias piano
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